Sergei Fomov
Sergei Fomov, born 1970, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Sergei Fomov's case of public justification of terrorism and calls for terrorism”. Sentence (August 12, 2025): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 21, 2026.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Manual workers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The case was prompted by comments on the channels of politician Boris Nadezhdin and the "Freedom of Russia Movement": "Putin to the gallows along with his comrades, and no nails! Move the capital to St Petersburg, bury Lenin, turn the Kremlin into a museum of a terrible past, with racks and torture devices from the times of the mad dictator Ivashka standing all around." and "Well done, RDK, real men came to the Motherland."
Latest event
April 21, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 21, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Sergei Fomov's case of public justification of terrorism and calls for terrorism
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Sergei Fomov's case of public justification of terrorism and calls for terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Full summary
A resident of Chelyabinsk, in the Ural region of Russia, who worked in apartment renovation. On 20 August 2024, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism and calling for terrorist acts. Fomov wrote that the case was prompted by his "disagreement with the domestic and foreign policy pursued by the president and the ‘Kremlin towers’," as well as a comment supporting one of the armed formations operating in Ukraine — specifically, comments calling for the execution of Putin and expressing support for the "Russian Volunteer Corps".
On 12 August 2025, Fomov was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony.
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